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Pharmacologist focused on effects of cannabis / cannabinoids. Director of UCLA's Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids @UCLACannabis
Jan 9, 2019 5 tweets 5 min read
In response to the recent @NYTimes editorial on cannabis and as a committee member on the @theNASEM #cannabis and #cannabinoids report we did NOT conclude that cannabis causes schizophrenia.

What Advocates of Legalizing Pot Don’t Want You to Know nyti.ms/2Rw2ngF We found 1) an #association between cannabis use and schizophrenia and 2) an #association between cannabis use and IMPROVED cognitive outcomes in individuals with psychotic disorders (not mentioned in the editorial).